DJ Devine RL Wife of DJ Texas Tornado's blog: "CT Joys & Concerns"

What the heck has happened??? My gifts received and sent have totally disappeared -- have yours???? Hopefully the powers that be will be fixing that soon!! :D

I can't believe the new uploader system that they have. Good: * upload 60+ photos in a relatively short period of time Bad: * sometimes the photos are easy to checkmark to select; sometimes they are not * they don't upload in the order that you check them * they don't notify your friends/fans/family that you have uploaded (if you want immediate notification to others, word of advice -- upload them individually) If you want to see the pictures that I have recently updated from this weekend of venturing to my retreat and back this weekend, go to my photo album entitled "Retreat 0818-081907"!!! I really did enjoy the getaway for a change since I haven't had much of a chance to do much of anything this summer with my Biotech classes and internship going on, as well as trying to work...and fit in sleep somewhere therein in between!! lol....

Hmmm... something must have happened while I was watching HOUSE?????.... See Mike's Message: "member is On TAP 2007-06-19 19:38:47 well that pretty much sucked! we haven't had server failures like that in a couple months, i suppose we deserved it. ;) site should be stabilizing now, it might be a little weird while some stuff catches back up, but should be normal in 15-30 minutes. it's beer o'clock! -mike" BTW, what is "beer o'clock"??? hee hee...

2007-04-12 12:16:54 sorry for the troubles folks, multiple system failures at the same time is bad news! we've almost pulled out the dive, hold on tight! :D -mike Whew!!! Thinking I am feeling a bit of some turbulence... are you???

is to click on the "I'M BORED" link. This links up to many photos that are randomly drawn to vote upon. Notice the low rates on these. I believe that many of these, if not all, are part of the same that are viewed by the SOCIAL CONCEPTS site that has been the center of the drama/issues on CT. Go click on these folks and give our fellow CT folks some help. Remember, you don't have to vote for them if you don't like the photo, just move forward to vote on the others by clicking again on the "I'M BORED" link. Let's help out as many of our fellow CT-ers as we can!!! Who knows? You just might happen across your soulmate!! :D

Okay. Now I get why so many CT folks are quietly taking down some of their photos off of CT. With the clickish of the club by not promoting this site to teens, one would have thought that they would be more exclusive to the photos on this site. Check out the following as had been posted and reposted in the CT bulletins. I know this is old news for some of you, but excuse me for a moment while I try to reach those that haven't seen this yet.

I know from time to time everyone gets a low rating, either from a noob who doesn't understand CT customs or from dinks that are trying to cause trouble, but for a while, (maybe a few months now), I've noticed that I've been getting low rates from unknown users. I'm sure there have been many of you that have noticed the same thing and now we're learning that it's all a part of the changes that have been taking place around CT/LC over the past months...From the NSFW rules, to the newer rate/comment speed limits...

I realize that by putting anything on the internet I am placing it in the public domain, But for the most part, when I place something on CT it is for My CT~friends and the CT community at large that I am trying to reach. Up until a few days ago I believed that was what CT was about. Now we've learned, (Some of you may have already known...so excuse me for being a little behind the curve...lol...I never could hit a curveball...), that the pictures we post on CT in any "Non-Private" folder is also fed to what is known as "Cherryphotos.com" where the world can view and rate our CherryTap pictures...

On the surface I can get behind the concept of what the CherryGods are doing...it is a business afterall, but my main BITCH, is the fact that all this was done under the radar; we were given reasons that weren't exactly HONEST when NSFW went live, or the reason why there is now rate/comment time limits. I hate being treated like a mushroom, (Kept in the dark and fed shit), I have been among the most vocal of the CT Management defenders over the months I've been here...I can honestly say that now I wont be so quick to defend anymore because of the way all this stuff has come to light...

So...When you get one of those low rates from seemingly nowhere... More than likely it wasn't one of our CT community that did it... It probably came from CherryPhotos...

What can I do...It's kinda the feeling you got when you first discovered that Santa Clause didn't exist...lol...

Below is a link to the parent company of CT for those of you that have yet to get that far...You can see what else they have planned that will also be fed by what the CT community does, and posts... Have a look...if you haven't already... SOCIAL CONCEPTS (repost of original by 'Nomad' on '2007-04-08 21:50:40') (repost of original by 'Irish Sweetheart...RENEGADE REBELS OF CT (Please sign my guestbook)' on '2007-04-08 22:13:26') (repost of original by 'REDHEADED STEPCHILD' on '2007-04-08 23:14:05') (repost of original by '~CONFEDERATE BOMBERS FAMILY OF CT ~' on '2007-04-09 08:20:08') (repost of original by 'tashabear' on '2007-04-09 10:53:46') (repost of original by 'Sign My GuestBook While your Here Please! Not here to play Games I am here To Enjoy CT & My Friends' on '2007-04-09 13:07:48') (repost of original by 'HELLCAT' on '2007-04-09 13:13:27') (repost of original by 'Andi' on '2007-04-09 13:24:00') (repost of original by '¢¾Sunshine¢¾' on '2007-04-09 13:41:41') (repost of original by 'Achilles' on '2007-04-09 13:43:00') (repost of original by 'Witchy1' on '2007-04-09 16:45:44') (repost of original by 'The Dude -New Account-' on '2007-04-09 17:20:48') (repost of original by 'weldingangel (fan me before I add you and I'll do the same )' on '2007-04-09 17:27:42') (repost of original by 'Heavnessence(FAN ME.. I FAN BACK..RATE ME.. ILL RATE YOU BACK)' on '2007-04-09 17:38:24')

Yea..... Keeping my fingers crossed for a smooth conversion process... See Mike's message: 2007-04-07 16:49:40 i'm going to be making some tweaks to the shoutbox to improve it's performance/reliability over the next 5-10 minutes. don't say anything too important in it cause it'll be lost... i'll remove this once i'm done. let me know if you see any problems with it later on... cheers! -mike

What is CherryTAP mail? CherryTAP mail (cMail) allows members to send and receive email from their cherryTAP account to anyone in the world just like any web based email provider. Where do I go for technical support? The “CherryTAP Support” Lounge is a 24 hour technical support chat room run by members who are standing by to help problem solve any questions you have about CherryTAP. If you do not get the answer you are looking for, please contact an orange or green highlighted name. You can also leave a private message for CherryTAP Support. What's my email address? Your email address is displayed at the top of your inbox. Your initial email address is ct276261@cherrytap.com. You can change to a custom email address by clicking "My Profile" on your home page: the email customization is on the "Account Settings" tab. Once you have set your custom email address, you cannot change it again. Mail sent to your default address (ct276261@cherrytap.com) will still be delivered to you. How do I change my default email address? You can change to a custom email address by clicking "My Profile" on your home page: the email customization is on the "Account Settings" tab. Once you have set your custom email address, you cannot change it again. Mail sent to your default address (ct276261@cherrytap.com) will still be delivered to you. Can you send cMail messages to my signup email address? No, but you can forward individual messages to your signup email (or to any other email address). How will I know if I received mail? CherryTAP mail (cMail) automatically refreshes your inbox when new mail is sent to you. You will also want to check the "Bulk" folder on the white navigation wheel to unblock any senders you want to hear from. What is the Bulk folder for? The bulk folder is where email from non-verified senders are stored. If you think you're missing mail from someone you should be hearing from, periodically check your Bulk folder and unblock those senders. How do I send an email? To send an email, simply click on the "compose an email" icon on the upper left hand side of the page. Enter any valid email address and compose your email like you would on any email system and then click either "Send Mail" button. How do I send an email to more than one person? You can enter multiple email addresses in the To: line. Just separate the addresses with a comma. How do I enter my contacts? Click on the "Contacts" link on the white navigation wheel. Next, click on the "New Contact" link in the middle of the page and then enter in your new contact's information by following the prompts. How do I add a photo to a contact? You can add a photo when you add someone to your contact list under the "New Contact" link. If the contact is an existing contact, click on the person's email which will highlight them. Next, click on the "Edit Contact" link. From there, follow the prompts to upload a photo. How do I add someone to my favorites? You can add someome to your favorites by mousing over the person's photo and clicking on the "Add to Favorites" link in the tool tips window. You can also add someone to your favorites by clicking on the "contacts" link on the white navigation circle. Click on the person's name you want to add and then click on the "Add to Favorites" link. How do I remove someone from my favorites? Scroll over the person you want to remove's name in the Favorites Box on the right side of your browser, click on the "Remove from Favorites" link in the tool tips window. How do I delete a message? Click on your "Inbox" in the white navigation wheel. Highlight the email you want to delete and then click on the "Delete" link. How do I add a contact to my favorites? Click on the "Contacts" link on the white navigation wheel. Click on the contact you want to add to your favorites, which will highlight their name. Next, click on the "Add to Favorites" link. How do I attach a file to my message? Click on the "Compose" link and compose your message. next, click on the "Attach a file" button and select the file you want to attach. Once you are finished composing your message, click on either of the "Send Mail" buttons. I tried to attach a file, but it didn't work! cMail does not allow attachments larger than one megabyte. I uploaded a contact photo, but it didn't work! Contact photos may not be larger than one megabyte--please use a smaller image. How come my uploaded contact photo doesn't show for a sender? Most likely because that user has a primary photo on CherryTAP. CherryTAP users' primary photos override the local contact photo. Your contact photo uplaods are best used to represent non-CherryTAP users (beats Who Dat, doesn't it?) How come these people show up in my contacts when I didn't add them? cMail is set up to automatically add to your contacts everyone you send to or receive mail from. How do I block a sender? Click on your "Inbox" in the white navigation wheel. Highlight the person by clicking on their email address, and then click the "Block Sender" link. How do I unblock a sender? Click on the "Bulk" link in the white navigation wheel. Highlight the person you want to unblock by clicking on their email address. Click on the "Unblock Sender" link. Someone sent me a mail, but I didn't get it! Check that the sender isn't in your Bulk folder: Click on the "Bulk" link in the white navigation wheel. Then click on the "Unblock Sender" link. The sender's mail will be moved to your Inbox, and the sender will be added to your contacts. Part of a message sent to me was removed. cMail's spam filter removes email or material in emails that appear to be spam. http://www.cherrytap.com/cm/cmailFaq.php

reposted from a bulletin: http://cherrytap.com/images.php?u=659694 he is from Nigeria and he's passing himself off as a business man purchasing merchandise to stock his new store He buys merchandise online on stolen credit card numbers and has the merchandise send to your home, starting off as a gift that just happens to be the wrong size then has them pickup from a paid UPS tag he has you print off. Bottom line is that when the companies discover the purchases were made on stolen credit cards they trace it back you and your address, in the mean time he's got the goods and your S.O.L. So Please everyone, repost this bulletin to all your friends and fans, get everyone to be aware and on the look out for these creeps. (repost of original by '(Rere)' on '2007-03-31 11:27:59') (repost of original by 'Tomcat' on '2007-03-31 11:55:51') (repost of original by '**~Chez~**' on '2007-03-31 11:56:34') (repost of original by 'Maggie' on '2007-03-31 12:02:29') (repost of original by '[xPoison.Lipsx]' on '2007-03-31 14:07:39')

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They just did a special about this same thing on Dateline NBC. It's a VERY REAL SCAM! If not this guy, there are MANY OTHERS out there that are willing to use you! Check these articles out from Dateline NBC! * http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17805134/ * http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com Be safe out there Cherry Tappers!! XOXOX Sin (repost of original by 'Sin™' on '2007-03-31 14:24:41') (repost of original by 'Lost in Oblivion' on '2007-03-31 14:33:49') (repost of original by 'Sin™' on '2007-03-31 14:36:09') (repost of original by '♥Tainted♥Love♥F&G Fam♥' on '2007-03-31 14:59:09')

FROM YEAR OF THE DRAGON ************************* I have decided that once a week I am going to repost this bulletin with all my blog links in it. ************************************************** NSFW Guidelines http://cherrytap.com/blog/60737/249509 *************************************************** NSFW Flagging Guidelines http://cherrytap.com/blog/60737/257665 *************************************************** Step by Step Making and Submission of Salutes http://cherrytap.com/blog/61392 *************************************************** Harrasment Issues http://cherrytap.com/blog/63268 *************************************************** Underage Users http://cherrytap.com/blog/61883 *************************************************** Some Fun Places to Check Out on CherryTAP http://cherrytap.com/blog/65347 *************************************************** Some CherryTAP Links http://cherrytap.com/blog/59708/244346 *************************************************** If you'd like, bookmark them. Pass them along to your new friends. Through knowledge comes enlightenment. I am always looking for ways to make this site more user friendly. If you have any suggestions for a blog that you would like to see for reference, please feel free to let me know. Have a great upcoming week! As always..Happy Tapping. :=) Year of the Dragon T (repost of original by 'Ұẽặŕ Ǿƒ Ťĥě Đŗãĝŏŋ™' on '2007-03-25 17:45:29')